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also ethical issues associate with going under the knife. Celebrities can make the art of plastic surgery look glamorous and addicting, and some try to follow these unhealthy trends. We tend to gawk at a person with inflated lips, a pinched nose, and mounds as cheeks. However there are plastic surgery patients whose procedures do not seem so distinct to the human eye such as a simple breast enhancement job or a nose job. Celebrities may make it seem like cosmetic surgery is always in demand, but that is not necessarily the case. We as humans should not want to dramatically alter our appearance to become like someone we have never met. This has become obsessive to teenage girls and young women who feel the need to be perfect. We need to find inner confidence and shine with what we are given, and plastic surgery is not always guaranteed satisfaction or the answer.